After having spent what many might refer to as lifetime in government service I came to the conclusion that there are ten incontrovertible truths local government officials and senior public employees should subscribe to and remember. These ten truths apply equally to Townships, Villages, Cities, Counties, Boroughs, Parishes and School Boards, etc. Ten Immutable TruthsRead… Read more »
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12 Feb CTOvision Podcast
By Bob Gourley In this podcast we review a great post by GSA’s CIO on Big Data, we talk DoD budget issues and coalition matters. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go. Original post
Forgive me, for I have sinned
It’s been 2 weeks since I have blogged. Flippant, perhaps? But it’s an issue and I think it’s time for some honesty. The following is entirely the fault of Anne McCrossan and Chris Watson, but even I have to admit that it’s been a long time coming and it’s purely coincidental that two conversations fromRead… Read more »
Part I: USC MPA from My APT
Introduction: New ELGL Column: “An MPA From My Apt.” The New York Times published an article recently about the 10K B.A., a news concept inspired by a Bill Gates challenge. Governors in Texas, Florida, and Wisconsin are exploring what it would take to offer the equivalent of a four year college degree for less thanRead… Read more »
Tuesday’s C2D2 webinar on the current trajectory of citizen engagement
The Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation, NCDD’s sister organization in Canada, invites the NCDD community to join them for the next installment in their Big Questions webinar series on THIS TUESDAY, February 12th, from 11:30am to 12:30pm Eastern. At their October 2012 face-to-face meeting, C2D2 Board members discussed some big questions about this fieldRead… Read more »
Pinning in Government: The Pinterest Revolution takes hold? Plus Your Weekend Reads
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead.Read… Read more »
508 Compliance- What you can learn from the Department of Veterans Affairs
On January 24, the Office of the President issued the memo: Strategic Plan for Improving Management of Section 508. As government becomes more digital, transparent and reliant on technology to share information with the public, it is important that electronic information be made available to all people, regardless of disability. Currently, how this is managedRead… Read more »
ECM in the Cloud? Not as Scary as You Think
Thoughts from my colleague Glenn on whether we should be afraid of the cloud…and how to cope and research! I distinctly recall the moment a few years ago when, as a bumbling new dad trying to calm down a very loud screaming baby boy in the foyer of a theatre, I was confronted by aRead… Read more »
We Need to Talk: Increasing Communication Between the Public and Private Sectors
Today I attended the first event of NextGov’s Cybersecurity Series. I originally went expecting to learn more about the nitty gritty details of potential cybersecurity legislation but instead I learned about a much wider issue concerning how our society runs. Here at GovLoop we try to connect the federal employees with the private sector employeesRead… Read more »
Are budgets cuts a big deal? Plus the DorobekINSIDER 7 Stories
On GovLoop Insights’ DorobekINSIDER: The Sunlight Foundation reports that $1.55 trillion dollars has misrepresented in federal spending in 2011. That baffling number is just one of the findings for the Clearspending report. But how can that happen? And how can agencies adequately manage when they don’t have a firm grip on their spending? Click hereRead… Read more »